“More than just the future of the government is at stake” in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, he said in a speech at his party’s convention in the latter region.
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The far-right party “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) is currently significantly ahead in polls in both of these former East German states.
Meanwhile, center-right leader F. Merz is the most unpopular post-war German leader, struggling to implement economic reforms with the center-left.
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Europe’s largest economy is grappling with slow growth and an aging society.
Polls show that the AfD is ahead of F. Merz’s center-right alliance nationally, fueling talk of his possible removal.
“If we are not good enough, such a big explosion will happen in September,” he said, “otherwise than some might have imagined.”
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